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Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint: Tightend Touchdown is contender
Barbara D. Livingston Tightend Touchdown scored a career-high 105 Beyer Speed Figure for his 5 1/2-length win in the Pennsylvania Governor's Cup on June 1 at Penn National.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Tightend Touchdown, who has gone from $35,000 claimer to stakes winner, will be pointed to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, trainer Jason Servis said Thursday.
Tightend Touchdown, a 4-year-old gelding by Pure Precision, won the Pennsylvania Governor’s Cup at Penn National in June. He since has finished second in three consecutive turf stakes, including the Grade 3 Turf Monster at Parx on Labor Day.
“His last two races were on soft turf, and when he gets firm, he likes it a lot better,” Servis said. “He’s been real good for us.”
Since being claimed for $35,000 in January by Servis and My Amore Stable, Tightend Touchdown has three wins, four seconds, and earnings of $283,000.